Nose cone, wheel well doors, undercarriage fins primed, mottled and painted. Landing gear painted, but needs touch-up. Vertical stabilizers’ white strips & horizontal stabilizers’ heat shields re-done.
Exhaust nozzles primed, painted & weathered. I’d prefer to gloss coat everything except ordnance and let it cure for 1 week before a panel line wash & weathering.
Made a start on the weapon but my camera has took it upon itself to erase a few pictures so what i did i used a fruit shoot bottle and covered it with clay and then made it…
This effect parts took too many tries to make, and even though they aren’t perfect, I think I should probably move on to other stuff since I’m short on time. I decided to just…
Bit of progress, hindered by conflicting paint suggestions in Hasegawa, Begemot (Russian decals) & photos of actual bird. Even Hasegawa’s Su-33 01565 is inaccurate in some…
It seems that the horizontal stabilizers have may white strips. At least in one of the online photo of the actual bird. #81. The lighting of the photo may result in different colors.
Finished the arms, the hands are from a toy not sure of what but i have been wanting to use them for a while and they fit in nicely, i will need to clean up some of the cracks…
You can see the effect of mottling. Tear & wear. My first ever. Not good enough. Noodle-masking took hours. Topside twice and whole underside. Otherwise, overspray may destroy the underside. Gonna touch up before painting exhaust. Still a long way to finish.
FYI, Russian su-33 fighters all have the same color schemes, but slightly different patterns. I’m doing #72 by Begemot decals. Every manufacturer is doing #80, supposedly the newest.
Also, su-33 is derived from su-27. They both look almost identical except su-33 has nose wings.
Just simple ruler and sharp cutting knife. To make it symmetrical, just use the same geometry from one side to the other and then cut both identical pieces individually. Put them together temporarily with tape and sand them together.
Ok thanks for the info. Is there a brand or blade type you recommend?
What is the thickness of your styrene? Sorry about the questions I just have tried many ways of getting good symmetrical pieces and have always had issues.
I’m using 0.5mm plaplates for the thin panels on top while using 1.2mm plates underneath for a sturdier build. I use tamiya extra thin cement to bond them together.
As for the knife, i merely use an off the shelf hobby knife. nothing fancy. I actually cut my plates really oversized first, then use one cut to shave off the corners. i avoid using…[Read more]
Hello Everyone! I have already been working on my model since January 25th I’ve just haven’t had the time to post since I wanted to finish the custom first. I am almost done with my custom HG Gundam Barbatos!
Woo hooo, ok I grabbed a few yogurt containers and cut them in half then covered them in clay to make the shoulder armour, I really want the armour to look really beat up.
I…